kurtz Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope LP preorders are up on Lovitt. It's available on Clear or Red vinyl. Get into it. http://www.lovitt.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_music_info&cPath=2&products_id=161 Pygmy Lush, whose members have cut their teeth in some of Northern Virginia's most influential hardcore bands of the last decade including Pg.99, Majority Rule, Malady, City of Caterpillar and Crestfallen, return with their much anticipated second full-length, Mount Hope. Pygmy Lush formed in the spring of 2005 on the very day two of their previous bands, Malady and Mannequin broke up. They started out by carrying on much of the same ferocity of their previous endeavors but a massive change was afoot. Somewhere in their early practices they had started four-tracking several quieter songs with acoustic guitars and minimal percussion. Their first record, Bitter River (Robotic Empire), was noise-punk tracks mixed in with some of the quieter songs. Those more restrained songs, which had at first been an aside, began to over take the set. Mike Taylor explains, "We liked the quiet stuff so much that we decided that our next plan was to write an entire quiet album." The sound suites them. The songs feel haunted. Still filled to the brim with a sense of abandon, only here they have put down their angst for introspection, traded their aggression for a slow grit. Not bad for a bunch of punks. Taylor continues, "We have not stopped playing or touring and we are all sick in the fucking head with music." It shows.Mount Hope was recorded at Godcity by Kurt Ballou (Converge) and mastered at Silver Sonya by TJ Lipple (Aloha). The band plans on touring the U.S. & Europe extensively in 2008 to support the record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfedaykinx Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 id like to hear some samples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 here is their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/PygmyLush There is one song from Mount Hope on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djjazzyjeff Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 www.myspace.com/pygmylush has one song that's been up a while. i've listened to the record about half-way through, and most of it is similar in style to the song that's there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djjazzyjeff Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 ha slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfedaykinx Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 word. thanks guys. ill have to check it out tonight when i get home from work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsleepOnRocks Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I was just getting ready to post about this. I'm so glad that they have gone in a more "mellow" direction with this release. I think the acoustic stuff on Bitter River was their strongest material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebaroness Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 ordered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted June 20, 2008 Author Share Posted June 20, 2008 Looks like Lovitt has a Test Press on ebay right now for you collector types. http://cgi.ebay.com/Pygmy-Lush-Mount-Hope-LP-TEST-PRESSING-Pg-99-Haram_W0QQitemZ320265148684QQihZ011QQcategoryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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